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MAY EVENTS

�NA NERETVU MISICINA PALA� FOLKLORE FESTIVAL
(12/05 - 15/05), Metković

Folklore festival with ensembles from six coastal and island counties of Croatia. The expert panel selects the most successful ensembles that, afterwards, take part in national festivals. During the official opening of the festival, a convoy of boats in Metkovic, as well as a concert of religious songs in sv. Ilija church, take place.

5. INTERNATIONAL CHOIR FESTIVAL (19/05 - 22/05), Zadar

Festival of mixed amateur choirs from European countries takes place in sv. Kristofor church. An international expert panel judges the choirs and the best ones receive awards: gold, silver and bronze crosses of Cika nun.

INTERNATIONAL DUBROVNIK FILM FESTIVAL 2006
(24/05 - 29/05), Dubrovnik

Film festival held in Dubrovnik and organized by the Dubrovnik Film Institute. A whole range of films from the entire world, selected due to their artistic value and in order to promote international cooperation and friendly competitiveness, will be shown during the festival.

RAB KNIGHT GAMES (May - June - July), Rab

Knight tournament with performances by cross-bowers from Rab has been taking place since 1995, in the memory of the first knight tournament that took place in 1364. A unique feature of Rab's knight games is the use of the ancient cross-bow that the inhabitants of Rab used in the Middle Ages to defend themselves from invaders. The games started in order to celebrate their victory and to pay respect to their patron saint, St. Christopher.

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HVAR SUMMER EVENTS (June - July - August - September), Hvar

Hvar summer cultural manifestation is one of the oldest in Croatia: musical, theater and folklore programs are organized in picturesque ambiance of town Hvar, which welcomes artist from home and abroad. Hvar summer performances usually last for about 100 days.

Istria Ethno Jazz Festival (June 20 - July 9),
Pula, Svetvinčenat

The theme of this year's festival is the human voice, the guitar, dancing - flamenco, tango, fado, samba, rumba, bossa, while the star of this year's festival is the legendary American guitarist Pat Metheney who will perform on July 2nd at the small Roman amphitheatre in Pula. On June 20th the festival will be opened by the Spanish group Ojos de Brujo and guests will include the Marc Ribot Mistery Trio, Think Of One, Ladoelectro as well as Pedro Calder Cabral. The closing of the festival on July 9th in Svetvinčenat will be celebrated with the Argentinean group Tango Crash, which mixes contemporary music with Argentinean tango.

LO�INJ CULTURAL SUMMER (june, july), Mali Lo�inj

Traditional summer festival with entertaining-musical program: concerts, exhibitions, theater plays, group singing performances (klapa) and folklore ensembles, brass orchestra, dance performances.

HISTRIA FESTIVAL (June - July - August), Pula

International music and drama festival where classical music concerts, soloist concerts, operas, operettas, ballets and drama performances are held. During June, Jamiroquai will have their concert in Arena, while the official opening of the festival will take place on July 2 with a concert of Slovenia's philharmonic orchestra and Maksim Mrvica. Andrea Bocelli will hold a gala concert on July 9. Anastacia will perform in Arena during July, while Enrique Iglesias is expected at the end of August. Since Histria is one of the largest ballet festivals in the region, the Russian Ballet Ensemble will perform "Swan Lake" and "Don Quixote" on August 2 and 9. "Grk Zorba", co-produced by Maribor, Athens and Pula, will be performed on August 13.

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LIBURNIA JAZZ FESTIVAL (01/07-03/07), Opatija

Jazz festival, for the fifth consecutive year, organizes several jazz concerts per day for visitors of Opatija and the entire Kvarner region.

LOVRAN SUMMER (19/07 - 30/08), Lovran

Concerts of Classical music, men's choirs and choirs as well as folklore ensembles will be held in the old part of Lovran and on the terraces of hotels Excelsior and Bristol on Tuesdays and Fridays.

OSOR MUSICAL NIGHTS (July), Osor (island of Cres)

Festival of serious music; concerts of renowned ensembles and soloists from home and abroad that take place in beautiful venues of town Osor on the island of Cres. At this year's Evenings there will be 21 concerts held by international and Croatian musicians.

LUBENICE MUSICAL EVENINGS, July, Lubenice (Cres)

Classical music concerts held in very attractive venues of Lubenice town on the island of Cres; rich artistic program presents world and Croatian interpreters and authors. The concerts are always held on Fridays in St. Mary Church, and the opening and closing ceremony is staged on the square in front of the church.

FESTIVAL OF DANCE AND NON-VERBAL THEATER (July), Svetvincenat.

International festival founded in 2000, which, besides dancers, gathers street performers, circus and similar stage artists. There will be open stage shows, dance workshops, pantomime, various performances, and painting workshops for mask making.

RAPSKA FJERA (22/07 - 28/07), Rab

Rapska fjera, that is, 'Medieval week on Rab' is a traditional, authentic, costumed event, when customs, traditional crafts, as well as the way of life in the Middle Ages are presented. Fjera takes place outdoors - in the streets of the oldest part of the town of Rab, Kaldanac. Besides the inhabitants of Rab, the citizens of San Marino, the smallest republic in the world, take part in the event.

KRK SUMMER PERFORMANCES (16/07-27/08), Krk

Krk summer program includes theater, plays, entertaining-musical program, concerts, exhibitions and operas. The manifestations are held in Frankopan citadel, Krk cathedral, Kamplin square, and the islet of Ko�ljun.

MOTOVUN FILM FESTIVAL (25/07 - 29/07), Motovun

The festival is accompanied by numerous events and the lively atmosphere of Motovun's streets, while many celebrities from the world of film are often among visitors of the festival.

ATP Croatia Open (July 25 - 31), Umag

This year the sixteenth annual main tennis tournament in Croatia is being held the last week of July. From the first tournament held right up until this one, some truly great tennis stars have played in Umag including those ranking "number 1" on the ATP list, tennis players who have won Grand Slams and numerous ATP tournaments and some of the best tennis players in Croatia. From a sports point of view, the Croatia Open is a first-rate competition and tournament that has already received the �Award of excellence� three times, proving its high level of standards.

PAG SUMMER (July-August), Pag

Serious music concerts, recitals and soloist concerts - seven concerts in a row. First Pag Summer festival was organized in 1999.

INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL �IBENIK
(July-August), �ibenik

The International Children's Festival takes place on the streets of renaissance town �ibenik. Both professional and amateur ensembles participate on the festival; there are specialized creative workshop for children as well as film showings, performances by theater groups, music ensembles, and puppet shows.

MUSICAL EVENINGS IN ST. DONAT
(July- August), Zadar

International musical festival; takes place since 1960 in the St. Donat Church and other sacral venues of Zadar. The festival is composed of two cycles: Musica Antiqua (medieval, renaissance and baroque music) and Musica da Camera. Performers are renowned musicians from home and abroad.

ZADAR SUMMER THEATRE (July-August), Zadar

Summer theater festival features state of the art plays of various character and genre from the national theater. The performances are held in cultural-historical venues of Zadar (open as well as closed ones). The festival was founded in 1995.

�IBENIK SUMMER EVENTS OF CULTURE (July-August), �ibenik

Traditional summer festival: concerts of classical music, theater shows, guest performances by international ensembles, festival of Dalmatian chanson, pop music concerts, festivities on town streets and squares.

DUBROVNIK SUMMER EVENTS FESTIVAL (10/07-25/08), Dubrovnik

Largest and most representative cultural manifestation in Croatia: international musical-dramatic and dance festival situated in the Old Town of Dubrovnik. Festival stages about 80 theater, ballet, opera, and musical performances, literary work promotions, exhibitions, poetry evenings, off theater performances etc. Dubrovnik Summer Games were founded in 1950 and have been listed in the European Festivals Association (EFA) since 1956.

SPLIT SUMMER EVENTS (14/07-14/08), Split

International festival of opera, drama, dance and music in Split, a town of many cultural layers and rich cultural heritage; on the whole the festival takes place in ambient venues - historic core of the city and outside it - trying to unite the traditional and modern, inherited and actual, Croatian and European. The festival, beside its own production of HNK Split, welcomes numerous guests from the music, drama, and dance scene both from home and abroad; the best performances in music and drama is presented with a "Judita" award by the daily newspaper �Slobodna Dalmacija�. Split summer is one of Croatia's oldest and most attractive summer festivals - it has been regularly held since the year 1954.

MAKARSKA CULTURAL SUMMER (July-August), Makarska

Various cultural-entertaining program with open-air happenings, concerts of classical music, vocal singing, choirs and soloists, jazz evenings, exhibitions, and theater performances.

KORČULA SUMMER EVENTS(July-August), Korčula

Traditional summer festival with a rich entertaining program that includes musical evenings (concerts of classical and pop music), theater program (guest theaters and stage ensembles), and dance program (folklore and dance ensembles). The programs also contain sport events and sail regattas on the sea around Korčula.

BLATO SUMMER (July-August), Blato (island of Korčula)

Guests can see and hear indigenous songs, dances, national costumes and musical instruments from Korčula at this traditional summer manifestation. Besides performances by folklore ensembles concerts of classical music are held in the town's cathedral famous for its stone architecture and excellent acoustics.

CONCERTS IN EUPHRASIANA BASILICA
(July-September), Poreč

Traditional summers music manifestation, founded in 1962 stages a series of classical music concerts in historic ambiance of Eufrasiana basilica (since 1997 Eufrasiana basilica is listed on the UNESCO's list of protected cultural heritage). Well known international and Croatian musicians will be performing sacral and profane music from all time periods.

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KNIGHT PARTY EVENTS FROM SINJ (SINJSKA ALKA), 05/08-07/08, Sinj Click to see Alka Gallery! Where is Sinj?

Traditional knightly competition of "alkars" from Sinj evokes the victory of people from Cetina region over Turks on 15th August 1715. Knight tournament is in fact a competition in which the participants must tilt an iron ring hanging on a rope 332 cm off the ground (so called "alka") while galloping on a horse.

TROGIR CULTURAL SUMMER (August), Trogir

Many different happenings all throughout the summer: musical evenings (concerts of classical music and guest performances from home and abroad, chamber music), folklore review, theater-scenic events in authentic space of the Old Town centre, public festivities: fisherman's night, Town day, exhibitions of Croatian and foreign artist in the Modern Gallery.

KARANTENA number 9, (August - September), Dubrovnik

International multimedia festival - questions modern artistic aspirations in different fields: theater, modern dance, performance, music, new media, film and video; it especially tries to affirm independent projects and new modes of artistic initiatives. The festival was held in 1996 for the first time.

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